Cartographic attributes of the invisible – the geographies of the platform economy
Date
28 October 2019, 5:00pm – 6:15pm
Registration Required
Location
Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School
34 Broad Street (corner of Holywell and Catte Streets), Oxford, OX1 3BD
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Geographers have long been interested in the spaces brought into being by the internet. In the early days of the Web, digital technologies were seen as tools that could bring a heterotopic cyberspace into being: a place beyond space de-tethered from the material world.
More recent framings instead see digital geographies as always-augmented, hybrid, and ontogenetic: integrally embedded into everyday life.
Against that backdrop, Professor Mark Graham will present findings from three large research projects about digital platforms. First, a large-scale digital mapping project that looks at how digital inequalities can become infused into our urban landscapes. Second, a study about the livelihoods of platform workers in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Finally, early results from a new action research project (the Fairwork Foundation) designed to improve the quality of platform jobs.
In each case, the talk explores why understanding the ways that platforms command digital geographies is a crucial prerequisite for envisioning more equitable digital futures.
This talk will be followed by a drinks reception, all welcome.
Date:
28 October 2019, 17:00
Venue:
Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details:
Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets
Speaker:
Prof Mark Graham (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Oxford Martin School
Organiser:
Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Oxford Martin School Events
Topics:
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/geographies_of_-the_-platform_-economy/
Booking email:
events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Hannah Mitchell
